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A survey of Hostomedia

We, at babiesportal.com, have picked 'Hostomedia' to be our current domain and web hosting vendor. This is why we deem that this brief review of 'Hostomedia' is maybe going to be quite helpful for other individuals from all over the Globe in need of domain name and web hosting services. We state people from all over the World, because the simple fact is that 'Hostomedia' presently distributes domain and hosting services in multiple server farm sites: in the United States of America (Chicago, IL), in England (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, covering nearly the entire planet. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Hostomedia' in a few words:

Shared Site Hosting Services

The first thing we, at babiesportal.com, have perceived is the modest prices of the shared web site hosting services delivered by 'Hostomedia'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good news here is that the web site hosting accounts delivered by 'Hostomedia' are powered by an in-house devised, avant-garde cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, web site hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being served by an autonomous bunch of servers in a cluster). This is something EVERY cPanel web hosting vendor in the World will have considerable predicaments with, because cPanel is a single server based web page hosting platform (each hosting service, such as email, databases, website hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, etc., is being handled by one and the same server), cPanel is not open source (that is why the cPanel-based web page hosting suppliers cannot include extra functionality and manipulate it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they have to construct their own file system), which is the basis of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared web hosting packages, which are powered by a real clustered hosting solution. With a shared web space hosting plan, each customer pays solely for his/her package, thus maintaining the web hosting price really low (because a lot of users use one and the same web server). In short, a shared hosting plan, which is being served by a clustered web space hosting solution, enables you to pay only for the reserves that you actually demand, averting a situation where you pay for a powerful website hosting plan that you cannot really use, or for a tiny hosting plan that cannot host your web site. The option to upgrade your account from one package to another with just two clicks of the mouse grants you the flexibility to commence with a small package and upgrade as your Internet presence expands. Thus, you save funds that you can expend on promoting the site while it is still novel. Each web site hosting package delivered by 'Hostomedia' offers an online site building tool and more than 40 widely used script-driven platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you 100s of dollars for website design solutions. 'Hostomedia' provides shared web site hosting packages in a number of different regions across the World. There is one datacenter facility in Chicago covering the United States and Canada; two European server farm facilities - in England and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific. Thus, nearly the whole planet is covered to present you and your site's visitors with a stable and reliable web hosting solution at a convenient place. As a whole, the shared hosting services offered 'Hostomedia' are really well appointed and come at a very good price (beginning from $2.75 for the Standard plan).

Semi-dedicated Hosting Servers

To clients with little to no experience, a private virtual hosting server may appear tough to manage. That's perhaps why 'Hostomedia' also houses semi-dedicated web hosting servers in its principal American datacenter in Chicago. Managing these accounts is similar to administering a typical shared web space hosting account through a web site hosting CP user interface. They have all the features of a shared web hosting account such as a free site builder and a PHP script installation tool, but the amount of system resources typical of a semi-dedicated web server plan is many times bigger than that of a shared hosting account. For example, the CPU power that can be used is almost 5 times as much as compared to the shared site hosting plans. When compared to a shared web hosting package, the quota of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is big: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted domain quota is a principle as well. The semi-dedicated web server accounts do not offer root access (we, at babiesportal.com, regard this as a little weak point), but the advantage is that they are administered through the very same webspace hosting CP tool as the shared web site hosting accounts. This goes to say that a user-friendly GUI is accessible by all clients who are not self-confident enough to manage a VPS, but at the same time need more power and supplies than a virtual web server can furnish them with. This is like that because the semi-dedicated web servers share the resources of the same powerful first-rate web hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the VPS server web hosting packages, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is very low (somewhere between 20 to thirty per server), while the private virtual web hosting servers can reach a much bigger number (eighty to 120 per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers provided by 'Hostomedia' can be categorized as being very affordable (as far as price is concerned), beginning from $20.00 for the CPU Luxe plan.

Dedicated Web Servers

In babiesportal.com's opinion, big web pages such as social networks, community and corporate portals or popular web stores with thousands of clients request a much more powerful webspace hosting solution. It seems that the blokes from 'Hostomedia' have arrived at the same conclusion as well. To satisfy its users' demands, 'Hostomedia' supplies an assortment of dedicated web servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That estimate stands on the hardware specs the dedicated web hosting servers are offering: many-core processors, up to four gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of web space and Gigabit NICs will definitely ensure the quick and steady work of any kind of website. In 'Hostomedia's opinion, the primary hardware specs can be upgraded for more resource-demanding websites. We, from babiesportal.com, deem that all dedicated server accounts supplied by 'Hostomedia' are also suitable for beginning a hosting reseller business as every dedicated web hosting server comes with free-of-charge billing software platform and a charge-free domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated web hosting servers offered by 'Hostomedia' are all unmanaged. We, at babiesportal.com, regard this as a minor defect, which can be corrected by paying a monthly tax which amounts to $32.00 USD. So, if you are in need of assistance, the Managed Services upgrade provides a bouquet of extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated web server monitoring and troubleshooting operations. Several web space hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are offered with each of the web hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (babiesportal.com's) forecast is that the remarkable drag and drop File Manager offered by the Hepsia site hosting Control Panel will perhaps render the use of any File Transfer Protocol software program futile. Our (babiesportal.com's) inference is that the dedicated servers furnished by 'Hostomedia' don't seem to be very modestly priced (yet the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and the unlimited hosted domain name allowance will beyond doubt make you smile), starting from $115.00 for the Xeon Scalable 6c package.